It’s time again for Hotel Bora Bora’s Blair Cup! Blair Cup 2007 will take place on April 1st and the winner will receive a trophy presented by the hotel. The Blair Cup is a yearly Hobie Cat race, where competitors start at Hotel Bora Bora and sail around the island. The Blair Cup was founded in 1983 in honor of Mr.Ed Blair, one of Hotel Bora Bora’s famous repeat guests. A keen sailor, Mr.Blair has stayed at the hotel 44 times throughout the establishment’s 46 years of existence. Its charm is that cheating (and drinking) are not only allowed during the race, but actively encouraged! Stories of sinking ships, use of paddles, illegal boarding and running jokes have made this event an integral piece of Hotel Bora Bora’s iconic presence.

The long-awaited Jack Nicklaus designed golf course in Moorea is scheduled to open the first nine of 18 holes on April 15. This is Nicklaus Design’s first venture in the South Pacific. The 18-hole championship course at Moorea has been created to preserve the unspoiled natural heritage of one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world, while providing a challenge for the professional and an inspiration to the amateur.

In addition to the 18-hole championship golf course, the resort will include:

- A spa and fitness centre to provide full sophisticated care and massage services

- A 154-room Polynesian style hotel managed by a 5 star hotel company, giving a wide and complete range of high-end catering and leisure services.

- Plots for 115 unique residential units located on the hills of the northern coast of Moorea, or on the golf course giving stunning views of the resort, the golf course and the Southern Pacific.

The hotel and villa section of the resort is expected to reach completion by the end of 2008. For more information on Moorea Golf Resort please visit their website at: MooreaGolf-Resort.com

Hotel Maitai in Bora Bora recently introduced a video on YouTube.com. The video showcases the resort on the exceptional headland of Matira Point with its Polynesian inspired bungalows. 

To access the video, please click here!

InterContinental Resort & Thalasso Spa has launched a video showcasing their deep Sea Water Air Conditioning system (SWAC). This is a system that eliminates the use of potentially hazardous compounds that deplete the ozone layer and is designed to save up to 90 % of the hotel's electricity consumption for air conditioning (or 2.5 million liters of fuel oil each year). This system produces half a million dollars of savings for the 80 unit resort.

To view the video, please click here!

Andres Lopez-Dafonte recently joined Hotel Bora Bora as the new Rooms Division Manager. Andres is a graduate in International Hotel Management from the University of the Balearic Islands and holds a Masters degree from Cornell University. After working in Spain and Mexico, he moved to Tahiti where he has worked for many years in the hotel industry. In addition to other duties, Andres will also be overseeing reservations at the Hotel Bora Bora. He can be contacted at rdm@hotelborabora.pf.

On March 23-25, TTNA and partner representatives from Air Tahiti Nui, Happy Vacations, Islands in the Sun, Pleasant Holidays, Star Clippers, and Tahiti legends attended the Bay Area Travel Show. Traffic was steady throughout the weekend. Although not all the attendees were in the Tahiti target demographic, our partners discussed honeymoon vacations with a number of attendees and reported positive bookings!

Bourses de France is Maison de la France annual road show in Canada. TTNA was represented at the events in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal. The road show was very well organized and the attendees were very much interested in Tahiti. In Montreal, MDLF’s Managing Director, Jacqueline Dillman-Faure, opened the show with a luncheon followed by speeches and a presentation and recognized many influential women in the Travel and Tourism industry in honor of Women Day. VIP media and travel agents were invited to attend the luncheon and the event ended with a tradeshow.